XDA has always been the place you come to get more out of your tech. We’re bringing that same energy straight to your inbox with two newsletters: AI Insider and Maker Weekly. You can subscribe to either (or both) by updating your newsletter preferences in your XDA account.
For the eagle-eyed among you, Maker Weekly is a newsletter that we’ve been running over the past two months, but AI Insider’s first edition will be sent out this weekend! If you’re considering signing up, here’s what to expect from each.
If you’ve read any of my coverage on XDA over the past year, you probably believe that all I think about all day every day is NotebookLM, Claude, MCP servers, agentic AI, why you’re using your AI tools wrong, and which two apps I’m going to pair together next. And honestly, you wouldn’t be far off. Since ChatGPT launched publicly, I’ve spent nearly every day testing, comparing, and of course, writing about these very AI tools. So it probably shouldn’t surprise you that I am the person behind XDA’s first-ever AI newsletter: AI Insider.
AI Insider takes the same hands-on approach I’ve always had and puts it in your inbox every single week. You can expect a roundup of the biggest AI news of the week. With how fast the AI world moves, keeping up with it can feel like a full-time job, so trust that I’ll do that job for you. Instead of solely focusing on the developments that are making headlines, we’ll focus on the stuff that genuinely changes how you work. On top of that, you’ll get exclusive coverage you won’t find on XDA’s main site, including hands-on coverage of the latest tools and features, underrated finds and workflow hacks I think are worth your time, and features you’ve likely missed in all the noise. Staying true to our roots at XDA, we’ll also have technical breakdowns when major models or updates drop.
There are thousands of AI newsletters out there. A good chunk of them either summarize press releases or go so deep into the technical weeds that they lose anyone who doesn’t have a Computer Science degree. AI Insider will sit right in the middle and will be grounded in real, hands-on experience. We promise it will be accessible enough that whether you’re a developer, a student, or simply someone who wants to get more out of the AI tools you’re already paying for, you’ll walk away from every issue with something useful.
See you in your inbox!
– Mahnoor Faisal
I’ve been jumping head first into the maker space over the past year, but I’ve had my eye on it for even longer. Between all of the incredible projects you can build with an ESP32, Raspberry Pi, or even an old phone, it’s never been a more exciting time to get involved. On a personal note, it’s amazing to see what people have been pulling off with devices that would typically be considered “underpowered” in any other context.
Maker Weekly is an extension of that passion, delivered in a single newsletter containing all of the goings-on in the maker community for that week. You’ll find news stories, tips and tricks, and projects that you won’t find on the XDA site normally, and I’ll do my best to break them down for you, explain what they mean, and, hopefully, show you how you can do it too.
Everyone can be a maker, no matter what you have access to. Taking apart older devices to look for parts, turning your old laptop into a simple home server, or reusing a lunch box as an SBC case because you don’t have a 3D printer are all valid ways to be a maker, and a resourceful one at that.
If you’re excited about that prospect, trust me, I am too. That’s why I started Maker Weekly, and I’m looking forward to sharing all of the most exciting developments with you!
– Adam Conway
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looking forward to it guys. Excited!!!
Hi, where can I get back issues of the newsletter (for some reason I haven’t received them recently)? Tx.
can you kindly stop annoying popup nagging two sign up while scrolling the page? its highly infuriating!
not two mention RSS is the king…
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